322 STAGGERS, &c. 



Take of valerian root and horferadifh root (fcraped 

 or flieed) each two ounces ; 

 Virginian fnake root and muflard feed (bruifed) 

 each one ounce ; upon thefe pour three pints of 

 boiling water ; let them be covered clofe ; and 

 when nearly cold enough for ufe, ftrain through 

 a cloth, ufmg preffure to the ingredients, that 

 the whole may be extracted. Half oi this to be 

 given for one dofe, and repeated in fix, eight, or 

 ten hours, as circumftances may require. 



In cafes of danger, and at a great diftance 

 from towns where the above articles cannot 

 be immediately obtained, fubftitute a flrong 

 infulion of rue, camomile, horferadifh, muf- 

 tard, or pennyroyal -, taking two ounces of each 

 of the three that can be moll expeditioully 

 procured, and pour upon them three pints of 

 boiUng watery let them ftand till nearly cool, 

 A rain off, and give the proportion above diredl- 

 ed, repeating it as there fpecified ; remem- 

 bering this is prefcribed only as a temporary 

 fublKtute till more powerful reliefs can be 

 obtained; and not by any means to be put in 

 competition with the efficacious ftimulants 

 before recommended. 



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